Jerahmeel
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The name Jerahmeel appears several times in the Tanakh
. It means "He will obtain mercy of God" or "God pities" or "May God have compassion".
, who David
, while in service with the Philistines
, claimed to have attacked , but with whom he was really on friendly terms .
Cheyne
developed a theory which made the Jerahmeelites into a significant part of the history of Israel, but most subsequent scholars have dismissed his ideas as fanciful.
variously called Jeremiel, Eremiel, Remiel, Ramiel etc. See the article Jerahmeel (archangel)
.
is a mediaeval document ascribed to the 12th century Jewish historian Jerahmeel ben Solomon, and is unrelated to any of the above.
Tanakh
The Tanakh is a name used in Judaism for the canon of the Hebrew Bible. The Tanakh is also known as the Masoretic Text or the Miqra. The name is an acronym formed from the initial Hebrew letters of the Masoretic Text's three traditional subdivisions: The Torah , Nevi'im and Ketuvim —hence...
. It means "He will obtain mercy of God" or "God pities" or "May God have compassion".
Bearers of the name
There are probably three distinct persons of that name in the Tanakh. In order of their lifetimes they are:- a son of HezronHezronHezron is a name which occurs several times in the Hebrew Bible.* A plain in the south of Judah, west of Kadesh-barnea .* One of the sons of Reuben ....
and great-grandson of Judah, as given in the extended genealogies in , and . - a son of KishKish (Bible)Kish was the father of the first king of the Israelites, Saul. -Life:Kish was a Benjamite of the family of the Matrites , and there is some question over whether he is the brother or son of Ner . The question may be resolved by reading both Ner and Kish as sons of Abiel.-Residence:It appears that...
, one of the Levites appointed by DavidDavidDavid was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible and, according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, an ancestor of Jesus Christ through both Saint Joseph and Mary...
to administer the temple worship, as described in . - a son of the king, sent with others by JehoiakimJehoiakimJehoiakim .On Josiah's death, Jehoiakim's younger brother Jehoahaz was proclaimed king, but after three months pharaoh Necho II deposed him and replaced him with the eldest son, Eliakim, who adopted the name Jehoiakim and became king at the age of twenty-five...
to arrest Baruch the scribe and JeremiahJeremiahJeremiah Hebrew：יִרְמְיָה , Modern Hebrew:Yirməyāhū, IPA: jirməˈjaːhu, Tiberian:Yirmĭyahu, Greek:Ἰερεμίας), meaning "Yahweh exalts", or called the "Weeping prophet" was one of the main prophets of the Hebrew Bible...
the prophet, as given in .
The Jerahmeelites
The Jerahmeelites were a people, presumably descended from Jerahmeel number 1 above, living in the NegevNegev
The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The Arabs, including the native Bedouin population of the region, refer to the desert as al-Naqab. The origin of the word Neghebh is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'...
, who David
David
David was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible and, according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, an ancestor of Jesus Christ through both Saint Joseph and Mary...
, while in service with the Philistines
Philistines
Philistines , Pleshet or Peleset, were a people who occupied the southern coast of Canaan at the beginning of the Iron Age . According to the Bible, they ruled the five city-states of Gaza, Askelon, Ashdod, Ekron and Gath, from the Wadi Gaza in the south to the Yarqon River in the north, but with...
, claimed to have attacked , but with whom he was really on friendly terms .
Cheyne
Thomas Kelly Cheyne
Thomas Kelly Cheyne was an English divine and Biblical critic. He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Oxford University....
developed a theory which made the Jerahmeelites into a significant part of the history of Israel, but most subsequent scholars have dismissed his ideas as fanciful.
An Archangel
In some deuterocanonical and apocryphal writings there are references to an archangelArchangel
An archangel is an angel of high rank. Archangels are found in a number of religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Michael and Gabriel are recognized as archangels in Judaism and by most Christians. Michael is the only archangel specifically named in the Protestant Bible...
variously called Jeremiel, Eremiel, Remiel, Ramiel etc. See the article Jerahmeel (archangel)
Jerahmeel (archangel)
The Hebrew name Jerahmeel, which appears several times in the Tanakh , also appears in various forms as the name of an archangel in books of the intertestamental and early Christian periods....
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The Chronicles of Jerahmeel
The Chronicles of JerahmeelChronicles of Jerahmeel
The Chronicles of Jerahmeel is a voluminous work that draws largely on Pseudo-Philo's earlier history of Biblical events and is of special interest because it includes Hebrew and Aramaic versions of certain deuterocanonical books in the Septuagint....
is a mediaeval document ascribed to the 12th century Jewish historian Jerahmeel ben Solomon, and is unrelated to any of the above.